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And so i came up with the notion of doing a cop show that was "r" rated. when abc's broadcast standards read our script, they went berserk. >> i was sitting with a pad and a pencil drawing pictures of breasts to try to show them what we would show and what we wouldn't show. grown-ups sitting in a room doodling. >> then we started on the language. >> we heard it with the brains of a flea and the balls of a moth. >> the program premiered with an advertising boycott. >> channel 7, shame on you! >> but it was such an immediate hit, that boycott lasted, oh, four weeks. >> they could use the nudity ...

>> we didn't want to do a standard cop show where you have your crime, your two cops, you go out and catch the bad buy, you sweat him and he confesses and that's it. cops have personal lives that impact their behavior in profound ways. >> well, what about it? >> don't get excited, we're working on it. >> how's this for logic, if he's not here, and if he's not elsewhere, he's lost. >> you didn't say that, counselor. >> never in my entire life have i listened to so much incompetence, covered up by such unmitigated crap. find my client, or i swear, i'll have you up on charges. >> there'd be these...

Around two undercover vice cops. >> i don't know how this is going to work, tubbs. i mean, you're not exactly up my alley, style and persona wise. heaven knows, i'm no box of candy. >> what was interesting about the pilot screenplay, it was not that, very much the approach was, okay, they call this a television series, but we're going to make one-hour movies every single week. >> here we go. stand by. >> action! >> they were just describing the show as a new-wave cop show. >> yeah, it's a cop show for the '80s. we use a lot of emtv images and rock to describe the mood and feeling of our show. ...

Deserve that phrase is "hill straight blues." we all watched the documentary about cops and had this real hand held in the moment quality that we were very ennamerred of. >> the minute you looked at it, it looked different. it had a move to it. you can smell the coffee. >> we didn't want to do a standard cop show where you know you got a crime and you got two cops and you go out and catch the bad guys and you sweat them and he confesses. that's it. that impact, that behavior in profound ways. >> well, is he here? >> something excited. we are working on it. >> how is this for a logic thriller? ...

>> television very much was the small screen. it was interesting of screen play from "miami vice." the approach was okay they called it a television series but we'll make it one-hour series. >> standby. police! >> he was describing the show of a new wave cop show. >> it is a cop show for th the '80s. we use a lot of images and describe the movie feeling of our show. >> in a lot of ways you don't get "miami vice" without mtv. >> the music was such a big part of that show. >> there was an allure using great music that everybody was listening to as oppose to the routine type of scoring. ♪ >> it...